The "Seeded" Edition
Greetings, July Subscribers —
Today, the day I normally put the LZSP together and then to bed, is my first tourney (tennis, that is) of the season. I have a great partner, albeit I’ve never played with him before. Or against. But I did play side by side, court-wise, for about 6 hours this spring in a wonderful charity tournament in Fort Greene Park, for the benefit of the Kings County Tennis League. Kings County, fygeographic i, is the wonderful borough of Brooklyn, New York, brother county to Queens. Which is both a county and a borough. I wonder most Brooklynites would rather be Kings. The history of place names is interesting, especially for iconic yet every day places like New York’s famous five boroughs. Cheers to you, Mr. Jonas Bronck, Swedish sea captain and explorer of 1639! Would have a whole different ring to it if The Yankees were The Bronck’s Bombers!
Back to the courts: in the charity tourney my today-partner was playing with his men’s doubles partner next to me. I was playing with my partner, my actual partner, aka my husband, next court over. The two teams constituted a “Team.” So these 4 Teams (of 2 teams each) played like crazy all day. Our captial-T Team did real good and we each got to the finals! Our opponents were fun and fair and about 20 times better than us—like literally in a different League. So we lost in that final to them. Anyway our opponents today in the first round are also tough, but really really nice, say the scouting reports (aka my town friends and relatives).
We shall see. Hopefully I’m channeling more Alcaraz-ish than Jabeur-ish today.
Let’s all channel this week’s news of the week in review, hand-picked by me, for you. Maybe Clarence Thomas will have me arrested for affirmatively choosing the most important topics by, for, and about women. From Politics to Business, the Arts to, yes, Sports.
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See you next week, win lose or draw.
LZ
The Pic(k) of the Week:
How Franchetti’s Experience Made Her Biden’s Pick To Lead The Navy via Defense News
POLITICS:
Clarence Thomas Cited My Work In His Affirmative Action Opinion. Here’s What He Got Wrong via HuffPo
BUSINESS:
NFL Fines Dan Snyder $60 Million After Approving His $6 Billion Sale Of The Washington Commanders via The Wall Street Journal
CRIME & PUNISHMENT:
The Curse Of ‘The Dress’: Years After Its Viral Moment, It’s Still Destroying Everything It Touches via Slate
SPORTS:
Team ACL: The Growing Women’s Soccer Club That Noone Wants To Join via The Washington Point
The Radar — The Athletic’s 2023 Women’s World Cup Scouting Guide via The Athletic
THE ARTS & POP CULTURE:
Barbie Has Never Been A Great Symbol, But She’s Always Been a Great Mirror via The New York Times
The Tribe: An Unauthorized, Unorthodox History Of The Jewish People and The Barbie Doll via Tiffany Shlain
I Love Hip-Hop. But I’m So Over The ‘Ride or Die’ Chick. via The Washington Post
Jane Birkin: An Adventurous Artist Made In England, Forged In France via The New York Times
OBITUARIES:
Lillian Vincenz, Lesbian Crusader When Few Dared To be One, Dies At 85 via The New York Times
Burmingham Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks Dies At 83 via Alabama.com
…AND WHAT’S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT…?:
The Best Vibrators via The Wirecutter
